| 单词 | of the first order |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof the first order c. of the first order: excellent or considerable of its kind. [Compare Middle French, French du premier ordre (mid 15th cent. or earlier in this sense).] ΚΠ 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions viii. sig. L. iiij The Sages (whiche other calle Philosophers) ware of the first ordre, or state: the whiche although thei ware in nombre feawer then any of the rest: yet ware thei in honour and dignitie aboute the kyng, farre aboue all other. 1794 E. Burke Let. 14 Sept. in Corr. (1844) IV. 236 Three or four of the senior fellows are men of the first order. 1895 Bookman Oct. 33/1 A diplomatist of the first order. 1922 ‘Sapper’ Black Gang xiv. 217 The whole thing is a boss shot of the first order. 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xvii. 164 Felix regarded Randall as a four-letter man of the first order. 2008 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 83/2 Man's descent from the trees and adoption of the brilliant mechanics of bipedalism were innovation and progress of the first order. < as lemmas |
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